Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Career Report

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1 Developed by Allen L. Hammer European Edition Report prepared for JANE SAMPLE 11 July 2012 OPP, Ltd +44 (0) Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Copyright 1992, 1998, 2004, 2010 by Peter B. Myers and Katharine D. Myers. All rights reserved. Other than for the purposes of using OPP Ltd s electronic assessment service, no portion of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or media or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of CPP, Inc. This publication may not be resold, rented, lent, leased, exchanged, given, or otherwise disposed of to third parties. Neither the purchaser nor any individual test user employed by or otherwise contracted to the purchaser may act as agent, distribution channel, or stockist for this publication. Distributed under license from the Publisher, CPP, Inc., U.S.A. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, MBTI, Myers-Briggs, and the MBTI logo are trade marks or registered trade marks of the MBTI Trust, Inc., in the United States and other countries. The CPP logo is a trade mark or a registered trade mark of CPP, Inc., in the United States and other countries.

2 Page 2 Introduction This report applies your results from the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI ) assessment to help you identify job families and occupations that are a good fit for your reported MBTI type. The MBTI tool was developed by Isabel Briggs Myers and Katharine Briggs and is based on Carl Jung s theory of psychological types. It has been used for more than 60 years to help people become more satisfied and successful in their careers. This Report Can Help You Identify job families, or broad occupational categories, to help get you started in your career search Choose a specific job or career Select a college major or course of study Identify strengths and potential weaknesses of your type for the career search process Increase your job satisfaction Make a career transition or shift Plan your career development strategy and action steps The job families and specific occupations used in this report are adapted from the O*NET system of occupational classification developed by the U.S. Department of Labor, which is the standard method for classifying occupations. The relationship between the O*NET occupations and MBTI types has been established using information from a database of more than 92,000 working adults who recently took the MBTI assessment and reported that they were satisfied with their jobs. This report is only one source of information. When choosing a career or contemplating a career change, you must also consider your abilities and skills, your occupational and leisure interests, and your values and goals. You will also need information about specific tasks involved in different occupations, as well as current career opportunities. Additional career information can be found online at How Your MBTI Is Organized Summary of Your MBTI Results How Your Type Affects Your Career Choice How Your Type Affects Your Career Exploration How Your Type Affects Your Career Development Job Families and Occupations for Your Type Ranking of Job Families Most Popular Occupations Least Popular Occupations

3 Page 3 Summary of Your MBTI Results Your responses on the MBTI instrument indicate that your reported type is: ESTJ. Reported Type: ESTJ Where you focus your attention E Extraversion People who prefer Extraversion tend to focus on the outer world of people and activity. I Introversion People who prefer Introversion tend to focus on the inner world of ideas and impressions. The way you take in information S Sensing People who prefer Sensing tend to take in information through the five senses and focus on the here and now. N Intuition People who prefer Intuition tend to take in information from patterns and the big picture and focus on future possibilities. The way you make decisions T Thinking People who prefer Thinking tend to make decisions based primarily on logic and on objective analysis of cause and effect. F Feeling People who prefer Feeling tend to make decisions based primarily on values and on subjective evaluation of person-centered concerns. How you deal with the outer world J Judging People who prefer Judging tend to like a planned and organized approach to life and want to have things settled. P Perceiving People who prefer Perceiving tend to like a flexible and spontaneous approach to life and want to keep their options open. Your responses on the MBTI assessment not only indicate your preferences; they also indicate the relative clarity of your preferences that is, how clear you were in expressing your preference for a particular pole over its opposite. This is known as the preference clarity index, or pci. The bar graph below charts your pci results. Note that a longer bar suggests you are quite sure about your preference, while a shorter bar suggests you are less sure about that preference. Clarity of Reported Preferences: ESTJ Very Clear Clear Moderate Slight Slight Moderate Clear Very Clear Extraversion E 67 I Introversion Sensing S 29 N Intuition Thinking T 51 F Feeling Judging J 47 P Perceiving PCI Results Extraversion 67 Sensing 29 Thinking 51 Judging 47

4 Page 4 How Your Type Affects Your Career Choice The kinds of tasks and work environment that tend to be preferred by ESTJs are shown in the charts below. Working at these kinds of tasks and in this kind of environment will help you feel more comfortable and satisfied in your day-to-day work because you will have opportunities to express your natural preferences. Preferred Work Tasks Setting clear goals and deadlines Organizing resources to meet deadlines Monitoring progress Making the tough decisions needed to move things along Producing something tangible and concrete Analyzing problems logically Preferred Work Environment Is hard driving and goal oriented Has clearly defined roles and responsibilities Is financially stable Is task and achievement oriented Respects status and hierarchy Action Steps } Identify a specific job you are considering. } Using an occupational library or online source such as the O*NET database ( investigate the kinds of tasks you would be doing and the kind of environment you would be working in for this job. } Compare these tasks and work environment to those identified for your type in the charts above. } If there is considerable overlap, you may want to pursue this opportunity. } If there is little overlap, you may want to rethink your plan. However, before you exclude any potential job, see the tips found on the last page of this report.

5 Page 5 How Your Type Affects Your Career Exploration How you go about exploring career options will be influenced by your ESTJ preferences. Your type will help you in your career exploration activities in distinct ways, just as it may present some distinct challenges for you. Your type strengths will help you: Devise and implement a detailed plan for your career exploration Conduct a logical analysis of your career options Drive yourself to achieve your goal Establish an extensive network of people you can contact Come across as decisive and organized during interviews Challenges You may come across as too rigid or driven during job interviews. You may not respond to new opportunities that are not part of your plan. You may make premature decisions without collecting enough facts. You may focus on the details of the job and not see the big picture. You may talk too much during interviews and not ask enough questions. Suggested Strategies Make a special effort to relax and have some fun. Plan on having to redo your plan to deal with new opportunities. When you are impatient to make a decision, wait a day or two to see if there is more information you need. Ask how your job will fit into the big picture. Make a note to yourself to PLAN (pause, listen, ask, and nod). Action Steps } Review the list of strengths that are a natural part of your type. Make sure to rely on them as much as possible throughout your career exploration process, especially when you are feeling anxious. } Review the challenges related to your type. The strategies suggested for dealing with these challenges require you to move beyond your natural comfort zone. So don t try to overcome all these challenges at once. Pick one or two to start with and work at them until you feel more comfortable.

6 Page 6 How Your Type Affects Your Career Development Your career development process will be influenced by your ESTJ preferences. Career development almost always involves coping with new demands that do not come naturally to you and often requires working and communicating with people with different preferences. At times, career change can be a beneficial stimulus to further development of your type. Type development means knowing and accepting your natural preferences and then consciously choosing to use nonpreferred preferences in certain situations when appropriate. Listed below are some typical strengths of and challenges faced by ESTJs, as well as some suggestions for development. Your style has probably helped you develop strengths in: Making tough decisions when necessary Organizing people and resources to achieve specific goals Setting short-term goals and developing project plans to meet them Following through on commitments; finishing the job Taking charge when necessary to get something done Challenges You may move to action so quickly that you ignore the ideas or feelings of others. You may steamroll over others in your drive to reach the goal. You may not collect enough information before jumping into action. Suggested Strategies When you are ready to jump into action, stop and ask yourself whether you have considered the ideas or feelings of others. Add consult others to your to-do list for any project; then practice active listening when you consult those other people. As you charge ahead, look around for the bodies of those you may have trampled along the way. Think about how you can reach your goals with a team around you. For important projects, spend twice as long in factgathering mode as you think is necessary. Before deciding, ask yourself whether there is any other source or person that needs to be consulted. Action Steps } Identify a career or job you are considering. } Review the list of strengths and challenges above. } Evaluate how much the job you have in mind will allow you to use your natural strengths and challenge you to use other preferences. You will probably be most satisfied with a job that allows you to use your strengths most of the time but also provides a manageable degree of challenge.

7 Page 7 Job Families and Occupations for ESTJs The following pages of your present 22 broad occupational categories, or job families, and a number of specific occupations and show how they rank in popularity among ESTJs. This ranking is based on information from a sample of more than 92,000 people in 282 jobs who said they were satisfied with their jobs. There were 12,019 ESTJs in this sample. The chart on the next page shows the popularity of 22 job families among ESTJs divided into three groups: those most attractive to ESTJs, those moderately attractive, and those least attractive. The longer the bar on the chart, the more attractive the job family. Those job families listed as most attractive to ESTJs offer the best opportunity for you to find an occupation in which you can use your natural preferences and be satisfied. Those job families listed as moderately attractive may or may not offer opportunities for expressing your preferences it depends on the tasks and work environment of the specific occupation. Those job families listed as least attractive are associated with occupations in which you are least likely to express your preferences. These may require you to work against the grain of your preferences. When reviewing the chart, it is important not to overemphasize the differences between any two adjacent categories. In your career exploration process, consider all the job families in the most attractive section, especially if the bars in the graph are about the same length. You should also explore job families in the moderately and least attractive sections if they appeal to you or you would like to learn more about them. The following pages list specific occupations ranked by their popularity among ESTJs. The most popular occupations are shown first, followed by the least popular. Working with Your Job Families and Occupational Lists When comparing job families and the two occupational lists, it may not be entirely clear which occupations fit within which job families. For example, does a particular health care occupation belong in Health Care Support or in Health Care Practitioner and Technical? To help you see the relationship, a Career Trends summary is provided with your most popular occupations list. If you would like more information about how job families and specific occupations are related, you can go online to and click on Find Occupations. On the Find Occupations page, go to the pulldown menu By Job Family or All Occupations. When you select one of these categories, you will be provided with a list of all specific occupations within that category, each of which is further explained. You may notice what appear to be differences between your general and specific lists. You may find a specific occupation ranked higher or lower than you might predict based on the ranking of the corresponding job family. This can occur because the number of specific occupations in an O*NET category ranges from 14 to 237! And not all the specific occupations found on the O*NET database are used in your. Only those that had a large enough sample of satisfied workers could be used. Think of the job families as an average. There will likely be specific jobs that are a good fit for your particular preferences, even though the job family may not be all that appealing to most persons of your type. The use of job family and occupational lists should only be a first step in your career exploration process.

8 Page 8 Ranking of Job Families for ESTJs Most Attractive Job Families (scores of ) Protective Services Firefighter, correctional officer, security guard, police officer Production and Manufacturing Machinist, cabinetmaker, inspector, power plant operator Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Office machine repair, mechanic, line installer, electronics repair Construction and Extraction Carpenter, plumber, electrician, stonemason Military Specific Air crew officer, command & control, radar operator, infantry member Business and Finance Operations, finance, marketing, human resources Transportation and Materials Moving Pilot, air traffic controller, driver, freight handler Architecture and Engineering Architect, surveyor, mechanical engineer, chemical engineer Moderately Attractive Job Families (scores of 64 76) Sales and Advertising Sales manager, real estate agent, insurance agent, salesperson Computers and Mathematics Programmer, systems analyst, database administrator, mathematician Legal Lawyer, arbitrator, paralegal, court reporter Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Rancher, farmer, agricultural inspector, fisher Least Attractive Job Families (scores of 0 63) Building and Grounds Maintenance Gardener, tree trimmer, housekeeping, lawn service supervisor Health Care Practitioner and Technical Occupations Pediatrician, dentist, physical therapist, lab technician Office and Administrative Support Bank teller, receptionist, clerical services, legal secretary Life, Physical, and Social Sciences Biologist, chemist, economist, psychologist Food Preparation and Service Chef, food service manager, bartender, host/hostess Community and Social Services Community service manager, career counselor, clergy, social worker Education, Library Sciences, and Training School teacher, librarian, school administrator, university faculty Personal Care and Service Lodging manager, personal trainer, hairdresser, child care provider Health Care Support Nurse s aide, veterinary assistant, pharmacy aide, physical therapy aide Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Artist, coach, musician, reporter

9 Page 9 Most Popular Occupations for ESTJs The occupations listed below in rank order are a sampling of those that are most attractive to ESTJs. Individuals of this type are found in these occupations in much greater proportion than would be expected based on the frequency of this type in the general U.S. population. You are likely to find these occupations most satisfying because you will: Have opportunities to express your preferences Be recognized and rewarded for using your natural gifts and strengths Face tasks and problems you find interesting and challenging Career Trends for ESTJs Occupations that appeal to ESTJs cover a wide variety of fields in 14 of the 22 job families shown earlier in this report. These occupations are found in technical fields, production, agriculture, and business. The common theme, regardless of the particular field, is that ESTJs are attracted to positions of authority as executives, managers, and supervisors, and, in the field of law, as judges. Most Popular Occupations for ESTJs 1 Top executive, Building and grounds maintenance 2 Infantry member 3 Civil engineering technician 4 Manager/supervisor of agricultural workers 5 Top executive, Food preparation and service 6 Sales manager 7 Manager/supervisor of mechanics/repairers 8 Financial counselor 9 Industrial production manager 10 Electrical power installer/repairer 11 Manager/supervisor of materials movers/handlers 12 Industrial engineer 13 Chemical plant operator 14 Manager/supervisor of construction/extraction workers 15 Technical sales representative 16 Pilot/copilot 17 Judge 18 Chemical technician 19 Top executive, Transportation and materials moving 20 Top executive, Architecture and engineering 21 Manager/supervisor of police officers/firefighters 22 Management consultant 23 Wholesale manufacturing sales representative 24 Supervisor of production workers Action Steps } Visit a career library and search for careers in the fields highlighted in the Career Trends box above. Write down job titles that seem to match these trends. Then proceed to the next step to look up detailed information about these careers. } Go to and click on Find Occupations. Enter the name of any of the specific occupations listed above, or any other occupation that interests you, in the By Keyword box. This will lead you to comprehensive and detailed information about that occupation, including the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform the job, the educational and training requirements, and the employment outlook for that occupation by state.

10 Page 10 Least Popular Occupations for ESTJs Listed below are 10 occupations in which ESTJs are not likely to be found. If you enter one of these occupations: You may experience difficulty communicating or agreeing with your coworkers The particular gifts associated with your preferences may not be recognized or rewarded You may eventually experience stress or dissatisfaction if you are required to work against the grain of your natural preferences for too long Least Popular Occupations for ESTJs Child care worker Commercial art director Craft artist Graphic designer Home health aide Musician, singer, music director, composer Pharmacy aide Veterinary assistant Veterinary technician Writer Tips for Succeeding in an Atypical Occupation You should not automatically discount any occupation just because it is not popular among those of your type. In an occupation that is atypical for people of your type, you may find that your different approach is valued and rewarded and you are seen as an innovator or leader. You may very well succeed and be satisfied in such an occupation if you: Can use your preferences productively by creating a special role in which you do a certain set of tasks or by finding a niche for yourself in a particular environment or with a select group of coworkers you enjoy working with Work at understanding or communicating with others whose preferences are different from yours Find other opportunities, such as in your leisure activities, to express your preferences OPP, Ltd +44 (0) Full copyright information appears on page 1.